The Sun. — London, England, 1808-04-13 00:00:00

POLICE. TiOw-STlttyr.—Ycsterdv Isaac atzehrry was ietore JAM 45 it 1.; AI), Esq.lcharged by :Mar giret West with cormuitting a most violent assault ig outrage upon her person. - Margaret West, servant to Mr. Lthuley, a lodger at M. Foley's, the corner of Hand-court, Holborn; said, that her master sent her yesterday . morning, `about k, to a livery-stable, in Duke street, Liii.iiin's-inn4ields, to - order a singlchorse chaise ; she saw a man at the public-house, the c6r rer of the liTery-stahle; she inquired of hitn,where to gu to hire: the chaise he told her he would slte itt_r, and asked her . to take a' , glass of ale; takiiig - any ale; he said she should, but he positively refused; he then took her into the st - able-ya rd, where 4e'told her she could get a chaise ; he w;inteJ her to go into the stable, but she refused; --when he, with another man who appeared icy belong to the took hold of her and hotted her into the alai,: in which there were three other men; thor their master was up in the loft, and she rtv.itit .) there to speak to him about the chaise; at , . , rdingly ran up stairs into the loft, with an 'intcntiou of hiring a chaise for her master ; tho, men followed - her bp stairs immediately, arch one of theM knocked her down by giv ing a 1 i9lidt, blow upon her breast ;' she 4crczoned out very loudly, ti) prevent which One of the mcn stuffed her mouth Lull of bay ;„ they called ber.some horrid flan and made use of some very blasphemous oaths, and said if she did not hold her tongue they would cut.liFr throat ; ; ,the Prisoner was one of them who made use of tile Onvals. One of thein held her head down to the floor while the Prisoner ravished her ; she contrived to get-the hay cut .)f her mouth, and screamed most bitterly ; she w,ls kept thew near two hours, during that tilue, five or sot Men treated her in a similar 'manner; all of themleft the premises but the Prisoner, who kept . her there till the Ortii,.!,.‘r, ( - awe and rescued het from him, She never saw the Prisoner or auroc thetnen, before. . ;Sarair Bates, * servant to Mrs. aid's, of Duke st}c,A, said she was looking cut of a window, and sat, the Prosecutrix forced into the stable by two nien ;- she arpeare,; very unl,vil4ing toga in, aild put .her arm against - the beatn , of the door to prevent them getting, her i s, but they ..Overpowered her with - sir( bob ; con as they had got her in, they lock- ed the door ; she afterwards saw the Yroseeutrix in the loft; they pulled her a Aay from the window of it; she heard her scream very loudly several times, and hard a man make use of yery. bad expression 4, in consequence of which she went and told her mis, 't ress iit what she had seen, and what she suye(led was doing; and a' neighbour having heard the thug tient'off ~ n express to the ()dice for so , rt' otficers. , . 110 was committed fg - further examination. PROM TDE DUTCH PAPERS. p mas , - m AR c H et...—By a Decree of the 17th of this month his Vije.sity haa.ordered the exeetltion to Itl,' chittqminec.l on at Pai in Dtcernber hilt respeai tt,g the s. A Synagogue and Israeli tt- Con. is. to be estabbibk-%i far every 2000 Jews, but there can be 'only one Cnnsistorial Synagngtie for a Department. The Consistrity is to seperintend the and ehe that t !wit- 'caching be conformable to thc.dothines of the Grand Sanhedrin. They are to give infultnat ion respetiting the 4ewish Conscripts of their dicricts-. Every Jtl`rt. who wish's to settle in France or Italy lutist give threemontha .previoin notice to the nearest Cw•,istory. There is to be a, centrei Consi;..aory at , each .Cqnsis;ury is to.. have a Grand Rabbi, tgetti:cl by g 5 Notables. The Brlbbh . i 9f . the Central Consistory are to have a of Goo° francs those of the Consistoriai Synagogue loon, and tit,: other Rabbis are not to have los than i 000 francs. Andther Imperial Decree, dated the 17th, annuls all obiivious for loans made by Jews to !moors with out the sand twilit' their guardians, to married women without the consent oftheir husbands, or to military men, ,without the authority of their superior Officers. ;Bills granted by French subjeCts to Jews cannot be demanded unless the holders prove that full value was given without any fraud. . All debts accumulated by inter:lt above 5 per cent. are , to be reduced by. the Courts of Law. if the interest growing on the capi-, tal exceed 23 cent. the contra& is to be'deriart.d usurious. After the istJuly nerg, no Jew will be allowed, to trade without a patent, renewable an nually. :This patent the Prefeas are not to grant to any inch% idu al, until he ,produces a certificate of his charauer, tehtifying that he is no usurer. :No Jew not ~efually domiciliakd in the Departnients of the' Upper and LoWqr can be admitted to a domicile there. lit theotherpepartments ttie Jews cannot be Illowed to settle, excQ.pt upog int; condi tion ut the purclutsing rural property, and c,,irtmerce. The 'ernperot May, 'however.'grant tci ity...t•viduals exceptions from this law. The Jewsof Elie C..nai`n-iption arerequired to perform personal stn.! vice, and ate not alloWed to find- subStitutes. These r‘,.guLtimni are to: be continued only during' ten y,.;tr,., iii the hope that after that period then will b u citf 'renct , between the , moral charatier . .of the Je vs o her Citizr.ni of the Eitipire; lithe ton- . Crary ahouid appear, the will be continued iti force. The Jews Bourdeatix, of the Cirar ~ de , ali the Landes, having given no cause fur complaint, are thA mutle Sthied to the above regulation. That there are as ma. • ny instances of the stroke's of good tOrtuile succeeding .and accompanying each . other, a< those of in.ni i tortunc, daily experi ence con - firins. it is fruni 'ths • cun‘n:•tion that the gainers of principal prizes in the present State Lottery, now so near tinthitiLig; Arc devoting a portion of them to ht Lily twhetutt, whicli treadi sO cin%ely 3 „,i w i t r eh h t o he deterrnitit-ct in 'Ate day, namely,' ou tho-.2Cith inst.. A capital friul,c ict thotatter,wiit be antt•x.,:elkiit tO any principal prize in tktca former. St.afield, near Gorey, Ireland, the 11g1“ ANN litAtE, s i s ter w tbe Lail of etft! rOW they went through the heavy fatigifeS that it. The detachMent of the Royal Artilfery wa; conspicuous; the excellence of their gu inety proved by the severe. losses which the eneery has sustained ; and I cannot too strongly express my sense of the skill a ail indefat',gable zeal widen Lieu tenant Dunn Las displayed throughout the siege. I feel bight). tirletkeu to the exertions 'of Cap tains Crtakshanks` of the (lei, .1.,r,1an of the 27th, and Pringle of the 21st, as wed as the OlEeers - and ,wen under them. . From Lieu. Dickons, of the Eliginpers;l receivr . , ad every assistance', and my Adjutant, Lieut.- Had ' held, of 'the 3stl,, hay beet' throughout indelatigab:y zealous. I cannot conclude, Sir, without expressing my particular thanks .to Cyr. Nicholas, Assisi:ant Lausr tk.r-Nlasier-General,'whose abilities and a6tivity dered hiiri eminently useful. And I have the satis faaion of rittetaing, that the support I have received. from all ranks has.enabled one to sell Scylla dear and that Gen. Regaici; has obtained possession of this. little heap of ruins with the loss of severaLlitindreds, ol;bis*best troops. A Return of oar Killed and Woundtld is annexed.. We %:.ve - lust sOnie. gallant men ; but considering,', the of the 'enciny's.fire, the number is by 114 means great. I have the honour to be, &c. G. D. ROi3LRTSON, Lieut. Col. Com:nandant Scylll To Major-General Shertiooke, His lithisit Mai My's Troop, in. Sit:7 .5',, ' Return of the Kilkr! and Wounded-of the OctaLlancrits torinin4 the British Garrison of the StlC s‘yHJ, iu Calabria, trom the 4th to the 17:11 of tChttlArYt Roy of Artillery =3 gunners, , oat . , killed b r l'er S gunners, 27111 Reg. Ist Batt. -3 rank and file; killed; 14, rank 211 , 1 , file,, wounded. sStli , Reg.-3 rank and file', ; G rank and file. wounded. old Reg •.-:yank. And fi:e killed • rank and tile, wounded.., . Total gunners, 8 rank bird' ; etionioarcher,,... gunners, to and'file, wounded. (Siguea) 1.. CA VI'IIELL, Brjg. Adjutant-General! Messina, 'Feb. 20, BANKRUPTS Willialmßran, of Dover, Kent, butcher, to surre•lder April , As, 26, and May 24, at ten, at ;he Marquis of Granby folkssone. Attorrtey, Mr. Fulkbtono; Robert Daniel Clarke, of Wareham, DorSCtaltZ, 31S3Cn. dra t E:r; April tj , 16, an d May, 24 ', a t t,ni, at Loudon. Attorney, Mr. Telnpie. Jacob Joachim Levy, Lite of Aldcatc, London, fatticr-riont. chant, April 3:., at twelve, ,Alay, to, and 7.1, 0 0 4 a A t tig G c d i ll ou tth r .i t ll , . rh A r.... t . t r o J zi r e tsotn.. n, , ,,, z , r e s ! r r s : Gatty and David late o: C,unon.tre.4t-rual, Ratchlle-H h' "ray, Mttkilescx, mariner, April a 3, at two, 30, 4 11(1 ;l a i r 24, at ors,-at Avtorney, Mr. :214 3 1'4" court, Chancerv-lane. Angel itaithael Louis. i)elaunav, of Blakeltl, 1 1 : 2 5 14 ' 4 , siU dyer. 1 51,:y ;3, rid thri:, at al:: 5p,10.14 Lito C- ` —t Alancht..ter. Attu:mos, Mr. S %vale, Gi,:at strect, London ; Mr. ,N 31113; Manctitater. • , Is ac Hartman, late ut Livetpnul, banker, Attr 1. 6. at T.ietra, Liverpool, atiti 24, at the h.<<l/.'a Sutrey, it ttveiVe each ct'y. Woods, Livapbol ; or Mr. kitacis.stock,. 6t.. Atild.rett.s.• caul t,L'oaltty, London. Saniitell3ams. uf Sortitirsotshire, b tukscilet, Aral 16 . 2 31 41 1 d Mir clot en, :It th 4,ts, I tar Wes t Aft r. ur 4 , 1,4/I,ltitue. bath. Itutictt Sae:wells, of Pt.Liv:ll..strect, aux, siillt-skritt.dyer, Intl to, 4 , i d 2 4, di at Guildhall. AttornUy, Mr. Wt is. ti,l.)tvo,:slitiv . W all litshopagate-stmt, • • . 'jaws Willett, of Whitecans-street, I.cmdon chint, tb, May 3, ja r d 2.4, at twtive, ;,1 Attotriev, Mr. Pullen., Ft,re-street, Cstip!'"gate• L Julut o,auct, or Kirkby Stepl Westmorattul, tx , "^ er in. , iiuta:.l:tret, April to, 3a, and at tcti, Lundnii. Attu , hies, M:ssrs. :lad • Ci L n a i t Si l t i o L lAc k ;.;t Y rit s t l t i tt et , I ti ate C o h l. 6 S P Wi l i d n e i!i, ' Glautorg, 3l3l 'il t ; :4h°P. krcper, Aim! L 9, zo, and May 24 1 , at 044 C•l4 :1 1 f Loudon. A.tr.tifsiti, Mr. Fit , ld, Fitthiy-sircet. • I Robert bather, of 0 kiord.st Midttlesvx, 16 . 2 3, Awl .14ay 41E CAW, 3t titto llo o . r ;"' • Wild, W.o,rwitik-stiusrc, esvgate-sttor.t...• anti Ffaitc.i . tit' -aier‘hiitit,' April 20 , 3c , 1 43 Y 24. AC clinfeti, alto !fib, • 14‘ . 4. lktut,sts. Sykes ItiiL, Lohdao 1 o r or vli:•sts. j. atid J. , • A daring robbery • - S3fr-fdlY:' vag Comm! et evening, about seven o'clock,' o n clic 'Loneim.road,,. 'half a tittle of I)ttnlabte. 'rho 1 1 ••?•y , I\ft . . un 'tii eree r) c rs ti e s : lf T:ai iit E efi an d, t ,i l enk h ,l iti vivi t s . l : o l itu t - oo e t x t1 4 . 1 ' 0 : 11, i r l e ::: is..iughton„ , xlin , presented their pistols., and detnauf!- " " their Ater. Mr.. Hor'qernan t.t,:tve (Nem his purs.4o, and ‘t atch, with which •-t bey dec:linpeci. • A butithe i r •t troy, Ivho WaSlirit.ti) ; ctm'vi on the roirif,wili le ' se(l ;„ l , l le n sa tratitition ; ent,..ting I)un-tatile: Mt, . r instantly gave th e am ! ilt-r,ons co ,, i" . " - and on buiseback t i;1 man WAS woferellended in '':'.l:) titled 16'6.! 011 e ortlie rubi):."l.; ) uz yj Belford ty;iul; .. i ~. I ,^.r . ..... -' +~4' SHIP APCIPS. • r . 1.(1 ts DO Vi r r i nto t R zcaeoto H.,,, 5t o f N o. 4, martlett.coutt, Bow stmet • and publistitd by WILLIAM AI ml ant Scour's. of SouthMoitort- strret,Grosvonor ~i v a i At the . buN.Urricz No. 12, Strand W hure ddve ' ti s e ments, Or - dens r the Paper, 1 etters for the Bditor, ik e . ( p os t.p a id . ), mot be ad4rossed. .te . rallied by-Ltft:4l)A2v'alynte"s,D'A:fdr:rtbl-y:t‘A ctiTtirt 0 "a: 1111(44 ; ..,„.. c E li a i s oi tti te t s l s d o t fitrizelsr,tiNniats6ll4 tl(roinreltreanlzsa.k:;ll:ll'slWordg‘fdr,rtrilVrti.9ol°P'. from Sr. Thornaes ; Benjamin, tittieftttr, iron.; Cork' ; Eliz4. OweA. Eliza, iirowr, Alary, Blake, and / elms , Lowthef. horn Waterford. Famatilite 4 : . Sailecf — the Tays, [fart, for the lkazIlt;; Sim t tkiii, for •AutiAtia ;1 th F re derick, hi'Dorlaid, for Deli,er. , ra; 114,110e,,DeursiDg, a ord 'N e l son , Anderson ) for M3' ILL Li• dqra. /3/R rfis. tEN, - • , .. •,.. 0 ,,,1 Yesteatay mernivg, ai his no se Li ,: -,. ar ief. Ludy of T ; Buckler . Lttlibr:do, Esq. M. P. of A I, i ............ . On the sgth of February izist, Certain Cher! , 14 1 1 "'"" S ' mith. of the 6t Regiment, to :tills Mar Anne Maßier. se (Luigi:ter o f Jo Maujer, E s q. , of 54 y . l'Eta ' S i ' ° ll , * G uernsey. ~,... . ' DlffD. .„ k On Monday creitng lAst, c. H. Rigaud, Esq. of ‘•'° l " . axnpton-row; Rwilcil-Stri-afe. • • • ' t gi. The lam; Afternoon, i: icitard Robinson, el ed f4u, Y dest son o chant R o bin s on, Esq. oi N v=v Bond•suce, ag ittet, e 1::)4i• mlLt. Yes:et/lay, Mr. , I'Vt.r.t..-t, wino or juscpb M Lawrence li o untney.,an , ...house a MG On T;zt,iciai th,... t,t.) nit. suddenly , at" th e - 1.0".' „ , t o Mitchell, PAr4l-11.:a:i. i ite,hire, Mrs F.fo.ncr,, law John 1'a1c...7.., L. 01 i'Llincy Beath. PiOtt AT 1,01400 N fr,ii)GF, -r0.A04• cv, M ruing, afier 4. 4 Att.:lttooo, 51 Mill, 304 4 r ~,~ r+ ~ .. • &o'n L 0 Aii) Oh ail ZitlE, 11, I ,08. Downing Street, April tt, 1804. Dispatches, of which the following are Copies, were yestcrday r , .. , ceived by Viscoont Clistlereagh, one et hi, Nla)esty's Principal, - Secretaries of State, front Nlajor-General Sheibrooke., commanding his - Majesty's Troops in Sicily. AIY LORD. ilfessina,, Fel. 8,100 R. AS an opportunity offers a writing to Enlond by a private Ship, which runs without convoy, 1 proiit of the conveyance to infc;m your Lordship, that his Sicilian Majesty's Garrison of Reggio sur _ routetred, to the Fretich on the 3d last:int. L'eneral Ilegnier's operations in Calabria win now, conse quently, be dire6ted against Scylla alone; which place has been invested for nearly six weeks. Ile has been so fortunate as ,to possess himself of four Sicilian Gun-boats, each carrying a 24-pounder, - air, of which he has : landed. Our greatest etforts'have;- for a length of time past, been to prevent his bring ing haltering cannon into this part of .Colabria ; hut fortune, by throwing those into his hands, has Ten dered our endeavours nugatory. - As in my former letters, I have given your. Lord ship my opinion of what the probable tine Of Scylla must be, when the Enemy can bring guns of heavi metal into batteries against it at breaching diStance, it is. l eeedless for me to say more upon , the subject. I am. extremely Sorry to inform your .Lordship, that in endeavouring to. recover the Sicilian Go4i.: boats . which fell into the Enemy's hands, on the evening of the 30th ult. the Delight Sloop of War most unfortunately got on ',shore on the Calabrian coast. It being found impossible to get her otf, she was next day burnt, to prevent her being of further use co the Enemy. At is with the most heartfelt, concern I add,' that on this melancholy occasion Capt. liandfielti (with several of his Ship's Corapan)) was- killed; and that — Captain Seccowbe, ot the Glatton; (who was at the time on boatd the Delight,) was very dun gerouily wouuded, and, with the remainder, made .prisoners. Captain Seccombe was permitted, the next day, to mine over to Messina on his parole, but ou the 3d instant he died of his wounds. I have the honour to be, -Ike. (Signed) J. C. SkiEhLlllooli.E, Maj. Gen. MY LORD, Nessina, FrL. 23, 1808. I have the honour to state for your Lordsnip's itil6rmauon, that I have found it expedient, and, to .the best of my judgment,: for the good of his Ma jesty'sservice, to"withdraw the British troops from the Castle of Scylla, which was evacuated accord ingly by my ordi r on the 17th inst.; the place was ittar~rt~iia<<ly entered by the French troops, and it is ,now in their irosse,sion. I beg leave also to lay before. your Lordship the inclo4ed report made to rue by Lientenant-Colond Robertson, late Commandant of Scylla, as it contains a detailed acc.:ount of the events as they occurred, from the3ist December last (the day on which the Enemy came Wore the place), until the time:of its evacuation ; which measure, I am led to hope, will not only appear to your Lordship to have been ah soltirely necessary under the exising circumstance*, but that our troops wore not ,withdrawn until no other means remained of preventing the brave Gar rison falling into the Enemy's hands. I likewise transmit a return of .the killed and wounded of the detachments forming the British Um risen of Scylla during the siege. . • Having already,,, on a former occasion, bad the honour of submitting my opinion, that the Castle of Scylla would be no longer tenable whenever the Enemy should succeed in bringing battering gunS against it, the fall of this place will excite no sur prise in your. Lordship's mind when you perceive the very formidable farce with .wbleh it 'was attacked, and the very ample means with which the Enemy' was provided to possess himself of it. Much reliance has been heretofore plted•upon the assistance which might be afforded by the. Gun and Mortar-boatit in the defenee'of Seylla; and of the .annoyance they might give the Enemy lit .ear- -. lying on his approaches; but, unfortunately, the weather from' the ith to the 17th was so stormy,, that it was quite ithpossihle for them to be employed , with any hopes of advantage. On the morning- of the 15th inst. Lieutenant- Coleuel Robertson 'having informed tne, by Tele graph, that the parapet of the work was destroyed, and than all his guns were either disinpunted or dis abled, I felt very anxious . indeed to withdraw the Troops, but a continuance of the , .gale rendered this iworatlicable till the t 7th, when, during a tetn porary (every necessary arrangement havii;g been previously made), the Transports' Boats, Pro teaed by the Men of War's Launches, ran over 1 front the Faros,' and succeeded in bring away the whole of the Garrison, • who elfeeted their r et r e a t 'by the Sea Staircase to the Boats, when they were ex- 1 poSed to a most tremendous _galling tire both of grape and musketry from the Enemy„ tiH such ria they could pull out of tlku reach of it. j.. ant liappY to add, that the loss of the Troops in this T exposed situatipn was - oulrfour killed and 'fie I wounded, and that of the seamen one killed , and to wound ad . Captain Otway, of the Navy, who commands the Ships of 'War stationed here, entrusted the exlecu tion of this very dangerous piece•of service to Clp tain Trollope, of the Electra: .More judgment, coolness, and intrepidity -was never displayed on any . occasion ,• and I feelMyselt particularly indebted to Captain Trollope, and to the Officers and Seamen,. serving, under him, to,.whose gallant exertions .I owe the preservation of the Garrisok. The gallantry and good condut of, the Officers and men employed in the defence of Scylla Castle, merits my highest approbation. .More could not be cipeekd from any men ,than these - have, performed. Lleatenant-Colenel Itol;ertson, who commanded, I beg leave to recommend in the strongest - terms to your Lordship's notice and prolation.. The ability, zL.al, - and' gillantry displa3fed by - him in the defence of this -little fortress, • deserves my warmest and commendation. When your Lard3hip cornea toconsider what the numbers of the enemy were before Scy/la, with a strong supporting army at hand, from which he could draw reinforcements at pleasure, I trust it will appear to your Lordship that prudence would not have warranted nil= making a &version in favour of Scyllat, by 'rfskiug a landing on the Calabrian shore.' ' . • ' The only reinaining effort' therefore that I could malce, I,vas to prevent the brave Garrison 'falling iwu the enemy's hands ; and this, with the co• Op eration and assistance af the naval force under Captain (ft ray, , has been 'happily effeeted in open - day, under the enemy's . fire, with ' much less loss thdn might, reasonably , have been expected. .• ; I have the lionourte be, &c. • J. C, S H E s, lt i li os i. 0,, Febis ( li.E . Ma! 80 . 1 Ge s n.. Silt, • • In obedieitce tb your eiderS; I have the.honour to. report the particulars of what oCce:sedSioce the first appearance Qt the eneniy befell! S,eille.r After tieing invested b l R y Genewegnier's army urin g seven weeks, and battered for six days by fourteen pie"ces of heavy ordnance,. the little Castle, of Scylla has falleo into his hands :i but I have the heartfelt . satisfaCtieti, to add, that not one of the gallant GarriSon' placed under-'my orders has become his prisonei. Iti the latter' eiid of December, the arrival of. troops and eranance stores at Seminara left me no room to doUlat the'enetny's intention of besieging Scylla, 'and patties of the peasantry were accordingly sent out• id render the passes of Solano‘impracti dable, and to create'obstacles to his, advance, by CUIS across .the various paths which lead iron) the -heights . of Milia down io Scylla. This work, as., Well, as the,levelling`of, iences, &c., proceeded ra pidly and effetcdually Mid l er the direet'on of Captain IN; [cholas, Aisitstant Qa.larter-Master-General; when, upon the 31st of' 4 mien, ecember, the advanced wor ! , - en, and out-posts of, the Masse, were'driven in by three French haintlions, and a detaChment of cavalry, under General' Millet, which ' took post upon the heights abo, et' us ; and on the following day Regnier brought up two more battalions, and spreading his . out-pestS to Favezzina, Bagnara. &c. completA the investment of the town. At this time the Garrison of the Castle consisted of about two hundred British, and from four to five hundred Masse occupied the town. The Enemy's Troops were now incessantly em ploy,edln forming the °roads necessary for bringing his heavy ordnance from - Sentinara, while we la boured to render the approach to Scylla difficult, at* harassed the French by constant attacks on his out•etosts with parties of the Masse, and occasionally with Boats. In some of these partial aelions the Enemy suffered severely, Oracularly in a night at• tack at Bagnara, where theslroltigeurs of the 23d Light Infantry were cut to pieces. Owing to these checks, the French were retarded ontil the 6th of Febt nary, when they descended the heights in force, and Came within a distant range of our guns ; and from ibis' day they lrOnoured our little Castle with all 'the detailed precautions of a regular siege, in covering his approaches and cons triunications; The skirmiihes between the Enemy and the Masse became very serious ; the latter dis played great gallantry ; and enjoying the support of the-Castle - gulls, 'obliged the' French to' purchase their advance with heavy loss, but, on the 9th, were obliged to yield to the ndnibets of the Enemy, who , assalled the• town On* sides : our guns, however, ,pivercd their' retresse; od I had the satiefacaioleof 1 Betiding off these brave' 'easants to :vlesAua without leaving' a man in the Enemy's 'hands. • The force which General Regina had brought to besiege Scylla consisted of . a body of Cavalry, the, 23d Light infantry, the Ist, 62d, and luist of - the Line, in all' about six thousand men ; with' five twenty-four pounders, five eighteens, and four suer tars, besides field-piece S- On the Morning of the flit) he opened his bat . teries, direeting his, efforts to the destruetion .of our upper - Works; and , the disabling_ of our guns, while under Cover - of this 'fire, lie laboured to etita blish two Breaching Batteries, at 3 and 400 yards dittance. It was not, hoWever, till the tath that 'our parapet and guns were rendered totally useies,i ; nor till then did the Slaughter abate lo which their' parties employed on the Breaching Batteries were exposed from our give and shells. Front this ainieourdetence was confined to mus ketry; as - oUrgtinte lay buried under the ruins of the parapet, and the close fire from live 24-pounders be came incessant': iii ftie mean tittle We discovered hint' titternpting to mine the . itight Bastion, ufon ieyhich he continued at' work for three nights, but I appre ', bend without the expected success, . In the 'night br the !Sat 'ihe'French pushed , round the foot of the Bock, with the intention 'of destroying the. Sea Stairtise, bur we bat pity 'disco vered theni,. aritt,beat them ..tf ‘vitli the Shiegh!er to which their desperate situation exreseil them. The fire from the Breachiog Batteries' had been variously di t'eew till the eveoingof 'ate f6tlr c , wheq they bent thetrundivideifflaa'y against the".ll:ls Iles ' trots with such , :uccess, that the breach wotild proba bly havebeederaeticable hy the tolloo,ingelening--=` It was ' under these .. eireutristances I feceised your orders to 'ewe:elate the Castle, and haie the great sa• t6faCtien of reporting' that we .accomplished, this yesterday Morning, in lull view' of the- enemy,.and without leaving an individual behind: The approach of the boats from Faro gaVe the French ' fug inti pation' of our design, but the' tempestuous state . of ,the weather obliged us to seize the short opporidnity - Of an fitir'S lull: ` Every aartery`poUred:its Utmost Are upon - the Castle, `anti Stibseenently upon the boats ; While Infantry with fieldspieces 'tried the .breaoh on either sidg. The Garrison Was' drawn 'off in succession rind • - the embarkation 'effected 'With the greatest order, - notwithstanding' the treinendons fired grape, shah, Sic. - Our loss in the operation was small ; anti lie fore we were a'intasket;shot distant, the French were in the Fort: ' The masterly arrangement of the Transport Boats and Men of War Launches upon this occasion (Ines high Honour td ,Capt. I. frollope,. of His Majesty's ship Ele6Ara, who . porsOnally, superintertded this ser vice ; and the condp& of the_Oftlcers and men unr der him was marked with all the coolness and dex terity of British seamen. I regret to add, that one uF tlern was killed ,in th 4 pperation„ and ten Wound ed, some of them dangerously. The'uniform goal eondnet of the, Garrison. which I have had the good fortune . to command, demands my warmest grail,. tude • and their intrepid spirit,:ri dung the siege it hardy, more commendable thin the zeal with which